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Preservative Booster / Humectant

Ethylhexylglycerin

also on labels as Octoxyglycerin

Multifunctional skin-conditioning emollient and preservative booster that enhances the antimicrobial efficacy of phenoxyethanol while adding light slip.

humectantGood to knowHair typesFound in 10 products
Ingredients · as printedAunt Jackie's Flaxseed Don't Shrink Curling Gel

Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Carbomer, Aminomethyl Propanol, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Oil, Tocopherol, PVP, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, EDTA, Potassium Sorbate, Polysorbate 20, Parfum (Fragrance), Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Amyl Cinnamal, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Orange) Peel Oil, Hexamethylindanopyran.

Ethylhexylglycerin is 10th, 10th of 20.Dotted words have their own page.
Good to know

Very mild, non-stripping booster; helps brands use lower preservative concentrations.

Hair types

Notes for different hair

All hair types.

General patterns from our research, not rules. Hair of the same type can respond differently, so your own results count most.
Found in these products

On 10 of the 34 labels we've read

Labels list ingredients from most to least, down to about 1%. Below that, the order is free.

Cleanse 1 · Condition 3 · Leave-in 3 · Style 3 · Seal 0

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These are labels we've read by hand from brand sites and packaging, not a list of recommendations. We add more as we go.

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